The 1937 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 37th season in the major leagues, and their 38th season overall . They finished with a record of 86–68, good enough for third place in the American League, 16 games behind the first place New York Yankees.

Regular season Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup Rip Radcliff, LF Larry Rosenthal, CF Dixie Walker, RF Zeke Bonura, 1B Luke Appling, SS Jackie Hayes, 2B Boze Berger, 3B Luke Sewell, C Vern Kennedy, P

Roster 1937 Chicago White Sox Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats Batting Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB Luke Appling, SS 154 574 98 182 42 8 4 77 86 28 .317 18 Boze Berger, 3B 52 130 19 31 5 0 5 13 15 24 .238 1 Zeke Bonura, 1B 116 447 79 154 41 2 19 100 49 24 .345 5 Merv Connors, 3B 28 103 12 24 4 1 2 12 14 19 .233 2 Jimmy Dykes, 1B, 3B 30 85 10 26 5 0 1 23 9 7 .306 0 Mule Haas, 1B 54 111 8 23 3 3 0 15 16 10 .207 1 Jackie Hayes, 2B 143 573 63 131 27 4 2 79 41 37 .229 1 Mike Kreevich, CF 144 583 94 176 29 16 12 73 43 45 .302 10 Tony Piet, 3B, 2B 100 332 34 78 15 1 4 38 32 36 .235 14 Rip Radcliff, LF 144 584 105 190 38 10 4 79 53 25 .325 6 Tony Rensa, C 26 57 10 17 5 1 0 5 8 6 .298 3 Larry Rosenthal, CF 58 97 20 28 5 3 0 9 9 20 .289 1 Luke Sewell, C 122 412 51 111 21 6 1 61 46 18 .269 4 Merv Shea, C 25 71 7 15 1 0 0 5 15 10 .211 1 Hank Steinbacher, LF 26 73 13 19 4 1 1 9 4 7 .260 2 Dixie Walker, RF 154 593 105 179 28 16 9 95 78 26 .302 1 Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB Clint Brown, P 53 18 1 4 0 0 0 3 5 5 .222 0 Sugar Cain, P 18 22 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 4 .182 0 Italo Chelini, P 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 0 Bill Cox, P 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 0 Bill Dietrich, P 29 44 6 8 0 1 0 1 7 20 .182 0 Vern Kennedy, P 32 87 12 20 1 1 2 9 0 17 .230 0 Thornton Lee, P 30 71 5 15 3 2 0 4 1 16 .211 0 Ted Lyons, P 23 67 6 12 0 0 0 3 9 14 .211 0 Johnny Rigney, P 22 30 4 5 0 0 0 0 4 9 .167 0 Monty Stratton, P 22 60 9 12 2 0 1 6 0 9 .200 0 John Whitehead, P 26 58 7 13 1 0 0 5 4 10 .224 0 154 5277 780 1478 280 76 67 726 549 447 .280 70

Pitching Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB K Clint Brown 7 7 3.42 53 0 18 100.0 92 47 38 8 36 51 Sugar Cain 4 2 6.16 18 6 0 68.2 88 48 47 7 51 17 Italo Chelini 0 1 10.38 4 0 0 8.2 15 10 10 2 0 3 Bill Cox 1 0 0.71 3 2 0 12.2 9 1 1 0 5 8 Bill Dietrich 8 10 4.90 29 20 1 143.1 162 93 78 15 72 62 George Gick 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Vern Kennedy 14 13 5.09 32 30 0 221.0 238 150 125 16 124 116 Thornton Lee 12 10 3.52 30 25 0 204.2 209 91 80 16 60 80 Ted Lyons 12 7 4.15 22 22 0 169.1 182 86 78 21 45 45 Johnny Rigney 2 5 4.96 22 4 1 90.2 107 65 50 10 46 38 Monty Stratton 15 5 2.40 22 21 0 164.2 142 55 44 6 37 69 John Whitehead 11 8 4.07 26 24 0 165.2 191 84 75 14 56 45 86 68 4.17 154 154 21 1351.1 1435 730 626 115 532 533

Farm system

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997

Notes

References 1937 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference